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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 876 By: Hicks
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to civil procedure; amending 12 O.S.
7 2021, Section 95, which relates to limitation of
8 other actions; providing time frame for which certain
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 12 O.S. 2021, Section 95, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 95. A. Civil actions other than for the recovery of
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16 real property can only be brought within the following periods,
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17 after the cause of action shall have accrued, and not afterwards:
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18 1. Within five (5) years: An action upon any contract,
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19 agreement, or promise in writing;
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20 2. Within three (3) years: An action upon a contract express
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21 or implied not in writing; an action upon a liability created by
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22 statute other than a forfeiture or penalty; and an action on a
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23 foreign judgment;
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1 3. Within two (2) years: An action for trespass upon real
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2 property; an action for taking, detaining, or injuring personal
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3 property, including actions for the specific recovery of personal
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4 property; an action for injury to the rights of another, not arising
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5 on contract, and not hereinafter enumerated; an action for relief on
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6 the ground of fraud - the cause of action in such case shall not be
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7 deemed to have accrued until the discovery of the fraud;
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8 4. Within one (1) year: An action for libel, slander, assault,
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9 battery, malicious prosecution, or false imprisonment; an action
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10 upon a statute for penalty or forfeiture, except where the statute
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11 imposing it prescribes a different limitation;
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12 5. An action upon the official bond or undertaking of an
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13 executor, administrator, guardian, sheriff, or any other officer, or
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14 upon the bond or undertaking given in attachment, injunction,
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15 arrest, or in any case whatever required by the statute, can only be
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16 brought within five (5) years after the cause of action shall have
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17 accrued;
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18 6. An action based on intentional conduct brought by any person
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19 for recovery of damages for injury suffered as a result of childhood
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20 sexual abuse incidents or exploitation as defined by Section 1-1-105
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21 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes or incest against the actual
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22 perpetrator shall be commenced by the forty-fifth birthday of the
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23 alleged victim. If the person committing the act of sexual abuse
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24 against a child was employed by an institution, agency, firm,
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1 business, corporation or other public or private legal entity that
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2 owed a duty of care to the victim, or the accused and the child were
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3 engaged in some activity over which the legal entity had some degree
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4 of responsibility or control, the action must be brought against
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5 such employer or legal entity within two (2) years; provided, that
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6 the time limit for commencement of an action pursuant to this
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7 paragraph is tolled for a child until the child reaches the age of
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8 eighteen (18) years. No action may be brought against the alleged
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9 perpetrator or the estate of the alleged perpetrator after the death
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10 of such alleged perpetrator, unless the perpetrator was convicted of
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11 a crime of sexual abuse involving the claimant. An action pursuant
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12 to this paragraph must be based upon objective verifiable evidence
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13 in order for the victim to recover damages for injuries suffered by
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14 reason of such sexual abuse, exploitation, or incest. The victim
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15 need not establish which act in a series of continuing sexual abuse
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16 incidents, exploitation incidents, or incest caused the injury
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17 complained of;
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18 7. An action based on intentional conduct brought by any person
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19 for recovery of damages for injury suffered as a result of criminal
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20 actions, as defined by the Oklahoma Statutes, may be brought against
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21 any person incarcerated or under the supervision of a state, federal
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22 or local correctional facility on or after November 1, 2003:
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23 a. at any time during the incarceration of the offender
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24 for the offense on which the action is based, or
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1 b. within five (5) years after the perpetrator is
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2 released from the custody of a state, federal or local
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3 correctional facility, if the defendant was serving
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4 time for the offense on which the action is based;
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5 8. An action to establish paternity and to enforce support
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6 obligations can be brought any time before the child reaches the age
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7 of eighteen (18);
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8 9. An action to establish paternity can be brought by a child
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9 in accordance with Section 7700-606 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma
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10 Statutes;
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11 10. Court-ordered child support is owed until it is paid in
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12 full and it is not subject to a statute of limitations;
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13 11. All actions filed by an inmate or by a person based upon
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14 facts that occurred while the person was an inmate in the custody of
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15 one of the following:
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16 a. the State of Oklahoma,
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17 b. a contractor of the State of Oklahoma, or
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18 c. a political subdivision of the State of Oklahoma,
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19 to include, but not be limited to, the revocation of earned credits
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20 and claims for injury to the rights of another, shall be commenced
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21 within one (1) year after the cause of action shall have accrued;
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23 12. An action based on intentional conduct brought by any
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24 person for recovery of damages for injury suffered as a result of
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1 sexual assault as defined by Section 142.20 of Title 21 of the
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2 Oklahoma Statutes shall be commenced within four (4) years after the
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3 injured person leaves the dependency of the abuser or within four
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4 (4) years from the time of discovery by the injured party of both
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5 the injury and the causal relationship between the injury and the
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6 abuse, whichever occurs later; and
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7 13. An action for relief, not hereinbefore provided for, can
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8 only be brought within five (5) years after the cause of action
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9 shall have accrued.
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10 B. Collection of debts owed by inmates who have received damage
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11 awards pursuant to Section 566.1 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma
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12 Statutes shall be governed by the time limitations imposed by that
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14 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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